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Federal Reserve Board Governor Kevin Warsh speaks with Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey and Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem during the annual economic policy symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on 28 August, 2026. AP
Business & Economy

New battle over money emerges at Jackson Hole

Abdel-Rahman Ayas 30 August 2026
How QR codes are reshaping the future of commerce Axel Rangel Garcia
Science & Technology

How QR codes are reshaping the future of commerce

Mohammed Mansour 29 August 2026
Al Majalla

Why Israel's outsized influence on global tech is worrying

From Apple's chips to Nvidia's data centres, Israeli tech has embedded itself in the global tech ecosystem. This comes with grave national security implications.

Marco Mossad 22 August 2026
Pakistan's Ambassador Permanent Representative to the UN, Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, attends a United Nations Security Council meeting after the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran, in New York, on 28 February 2026. REUTERS/Heather Khalifa

Pakistan's UN envoy: there is no military solution to Iran war

Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad speaks to Al Majalla about Islamabad's diplomatic role in the talks between the US and Iran, its balancing act between Tehran and Riyadh and the Mecca Pact

Ahmed Maher 21 August 2026
China's President Xi Jinping and Peru's President Dina Boluarte attend the welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on 28 June 2024. JADE GAO/REUTERS

China’s Latin America trade ties are becoming political

Beijing used to simply finance infrastructure projects in America's backyard, but its involvement has deepened in recent years and now goes beyond economics

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra 20 August 2026
AFP/Reuters/Al Majalla

Exploring the links between crime and economic downturns

Several studies shine a light on the relationship between hardship and certain kinds of criminal activity, offering lessons for policy planners and law enforcement

Alaa Emara 19 August 2026
Diana Estefanía Rubio

New front in race for rare earths opens under the sea

In the Pacific, the US and Japan are looking to exploit deep-sea mineral resources to counter China’s dominance of rare-earth supply chains, amid environmental concerns and unresolved international…

Al Majalla - London 18 August 2026
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How much would you pay for a smarter baby?

Startups claim they can screen embryos for everything from genetic diseases to IQ. Not everyone is convinced

The Economist 18 August 2026
Abdul El-Sayed rallies with Senator Bernie Sanders, Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib, UAW President Shawn Fain, and Michigan State Representative Donavan McKinney in Detroit, Michigan. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook

Unpacking America's progressive left wave

Abdul El-Sayed's victory in Michigan is the latest example among many of the growing appeal of democratic socialism and the changing politics of the American left

Aqeel Abbas 17 August 2026
The sun sets behind burning gas flares at the Daura Oil Refinery Complex in Baghdad, 22 December 2024 AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP

The age of ‘strategic refineries’

How wars and maritime chokepoints have redrawn the map of oil power

Abdel-Rahman Ayas 17 August 2026
Memory aims to improve decision-making by retaining what is significant while discarding the rest. Shutterstock

The brain may be about to have its Ozempic moment

Pharma's newest obsession involves mimicking the system that keeps people awake

The Economist 15 August 2026
Sara Padovan

Why cotton fibres could be key in the global arms race

War is driving demand for munitions, and the fibres from cotton seeds are used to produce artillery shells. With only a few producers, demand is soaring.

Abdulfattah Khattab 15 August 2026
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (C), Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif posing after signing the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on 7 August, 2026. PAKISTAN PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE / AFP
Politics

Networked Middle East security

22 August 2026

The Iran war exposed the risks of being too closely tied to US military posture, which is why some Gulf states are repositioning themselves not merely as consumers of security but as architects of it

Bilal Saab
Noelia de Alda
Politics

How Gaza turned US public opinion against Israel

30 August 2026

Supporting Israel used to help politicians get elected, but with Americans far more critical of Tel Aviv's influence on US policy, it has now become a liability at the ballot box

Assal Rad
Axel Rangel Garcia
Science & Technology

How QR codes are reshaping the future of commerce

28 August 2026

The barcode has been the language of retail for more than half a century. Now, two-dimensional codes are giving products a new digital identity

Mohammed Mansour
Motorists drive past a billboard in Tehran depicting Trump drowning in the Strait of Hormuz on 24 August 2026. AFP
Politics

The US is learning the wrong lessons in Iran

25 August 2026

Tactical excellence can never salvage strategic incompetence

Bret Devereaux
Axel Rangel Garcia
Culture & Social Affairs

The artist who used land to capture Palestinian identity

27 August 2026

Sliman Mansour, the renowned Palestinian painter who used clay from his land to make his works after deciding to boycott art materials produced by Israel, has died at the age of 79

Farouk Yousif

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